John Allen (Connecticut)

John Allen (12 June 1763-31 July 1812) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-CN) from 4 March 1797 to 3 March 1799, succeeding Samuel W. Dana and preceding Bailey Bartlett.

Biography
John Allen was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts in 1763, and he became a lawyer in Litchfield, Connecticut in 1786. He served in the State House from 1793 to 1796, in the US House of Representatives from 1797 to 1799, and on the Supreme Court of Errors from 1800 to 1806. He died in 1812.